NASA hopes to make history with its latest mission—to the sun
NO SPACECRAFT WILL EVER LAND ON the surface of the sun—it’s a flaming ball of gas that reaches thousands of degrees even in its coolest regions. But next year, a ship from Earth will fly closer to its fires than ever before in a mission that represents a big development not just for scientists but, potentially, for everyone else.
In September 2018, NASA plans to launch a probe that will journey nearly
